About GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly (GD) provides cash grants directly to people living in extreme poverty. Since launching in 2011, GD has raised over $1B, delivered cash to more than 1.5 million recipients, launched operations in 15 countries, and continues to expand its reach across the Global South. GD has also grown the research base supporting unconditional cash with 20 randomized control trials from its programs, generating rigorous evidence across countries and contexts. As a result, GD has been celebrated as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company, while the growing cash transfer movement (and GD’s leading role within it) has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, This American Life, Foreign Affairs, and The Economist.
Location: Global, Remote. This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa time zone by at least 4 hours.
Role Overview
Title: UI/UX Designer
We are seeking a versatile and innovative UI/webI/Graphic Designer to join our team at GiveDirectly. In this role, you’ll contribute to the design of our website, web applications, print creatives, and a wide range of other assets to support our mission of driving direct giving.
This role requires a high degree of creativity, attention to detail, and project management skills. You will be tasked with creating engaging, easy-to-navigate designs that meet the needs of our diverse audience, from individual donors to large institutions. As a key player in our communications team, your designs will play a critical role in promoting our brand, driving awareness, and empowering recipients.
Reports to: VP of Product & Growth
Responsibilities:
- Designing and improving the UX/UI for our website and web applications (dashboard, donate, fundraisers, recipients feed). From product thinking and research to visual design- you will own all aspects of design at GiveDirectly.
- Creating digital assets for our brand, from playbook including iconography, typography, templates, and other designs. Less frequently, help on print or PDF templates (i.e. photobooks, reports, decks, etc.).
- Collaborating with internal teams to understand design needs and incorporate feedback into designs. This includes product managers, engineers, stakeholders, executives, etc.
- Ensuring designs are visually compelling, easy to navigate, and adhere to brand guidelines.
- Produce high-quality design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, user flow diagrams, storyboards, and prototypes.
- Balancing multiple projects and deadlines, prioritizing tasks based on project needs.
Qualifications:
- Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
- 3+ years of professional experience in graphic design, web design, UI design, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Figma, with fluency in other tools
- Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, layout, information architecture, design principles, UX/UI trends, typography, and user research.
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects to ensure pixel perfect implementation (or not if you’re okay with that tradeoff).
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with a team. Both verbal and written.
- Experience working on a diverse range of projects including web, print, and digital assets
Required Skills
- Experience working in the private sector but with a strong interest in social impact work.
- Familiarity with web development languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and experience working closely with development teams. Bonus if you can write code yourself.
- Experience with animation motion graphics.
- Experience designing for diverse cultural contexts or audiences.
- Portfolio showing a variety of work, including print and web, and explaining the design process behind each piece.
- Experience with user testing and designing based on user feedback.
Flexible work options:
This role is available as either an 80% contract or full-time. For the 80% option, you can choose to work:
Monday to Friday: 6.4 hours per day
Monday to Thursday: 8 hours per day
If you opt for the 80% contract, you will be paid 80% of the salary. In both cases, a minimum of 4 hours of overlap with the NYC timezone is required each day.
Compensation:
At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (base compensation + bonus) falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles.
The base salary range for someone based in Africa is approximately $65,000 – $71,000 USD.
The base salary range for someone based in Europe is approximately €92,600.00.
The exact salary figure will vary based on the country. We will share an estimated salary benchmark for the specific country you are based in during the hiring process.
Travel Requirement: Must be able to travel ~1-3 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats.
Deadline: November 1, 2024
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